Xendy had searched for his mate all over the world for the last century with no success. On every continent, he paid a visit, and he came out empty.
His mate situation had led him to travel to the far end of America.
Running away from a tragedy he called life, he did not want to see the look on his pack member's faces when he completely turned human and be stripped of the Alpha title.
He failed his pack. And he had come to terms that he would no longer be. He would no longer be there for his pack members to protect them. He failed his people and now Yendy was playing tricks on him.
He called a mere bird a peacock, 'Their mate'.
Xendy felt sad at the turn of events. How can a bird be his Luna?
How could this bird be their partner for life and soulmate? How can this bird that is not human or werewolf or any other supernatural being complete them and make them whole again?
Bring their life back from the crutches of death that are now swallowing them bit by bit completely.
His ending was becoming too tragic, even for him. He knew his time was up and he had come to terms that it was all over, especially when his mind-link stopped working on his way to Zanzibar.
In the werewolf world, the first indication of someone's death in the pack is the mind link cut off from his pack.
Then suddenly... Xendy felt a power rush running through his veins, and all the mind links even those not from his pack bashed into his head.
It looked like in that split second he got his life back. Not just his life, but more to it. So much more than he could ever imagine. He growled loudly. Whether it was out of instinct or happiness, he could not tell.
Another involuntary growl that he made surprisingly pushed away the wolf on top of his bird. The wolf flew away like an arrow, stooping as if aimed in the air to drop dead on the branch of a faraway tree.
The branch protruded through the wolf's stomach, hanging the limp body in the air while blood dripped through its fur down to the ground.
Xendy was still in awe of what was happening when the pack of mere wolves that were all going to join the meal, in tearing away the bird, were too close, mid-way between Xendy and the bird.
All turned around after what happened to their pack member and launched at Yendy.
Neither Xendy nor Yendy did anything but in a split second thunder reflected in Yendy's golden eyes, the sky too dark, with clouds covering it, turning a bright day into a night in seconds, the roar of thunder echoing loudly around the Park.
The wolves growled in fear as sparkles of lightning traveled through all their bodies in a flash, dropping all of them dead in one shot.
The tsunami in the area was extraordinary, pushing everything and everyone around, everything and everyone flying all over the sky.
The push was too great to withstand, but it didn't seem to touch or affect Xendy or the bird that had fainted in the middle of the thick forest.
Yendy walked in slow motion to the bird. All that was being heard at the moment where the sound of his paws as they hit the ground, and the strong, powerful energy radiating from his body.
With each step he took, everything stopped around him, falling back into its original place. Yendy picked up the bird into his hold.
Xendy was busy counterplaying what just happened in his body at the moment and what it meant. Was this how the ending looked like before the final blow?
But also at the back of his head, he was still troubled and could not shake off the hope growing in him from what he heard from Yendy and all the powers still flowing through him.
Suddenly Yendy stopped and stared, frozen in place.
Xendy was cut short by his thoughts and forced to take notice of what was happening. When he brought his mind to reality, it registered to him why Yendy froze. The bird was awake.
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Lost in consciousness. Among her very first memories with her mother creeps into Iyya's head. That day, she was asking her mother about her favorite tale. “Where did you learn the tale of the werewolves and weredragons' mama?”
“I learned it from my parents, and they learned from their parents, and one day you will teach your children about it too.”
“You have never told me about your parents.”
“They were taken from me the same day both my parents cut off my hands and legs when I was very young. At the same age as you right now, Iyya.”
That answer scared Iyya, and she held on to her mother tightly as she inquired more. “Why did they do something like that to you, mama?”
“Because they loved me so much, just like I love you.” Iyya let go of her mother and blinked. Studying her mother with worries written all over her face. “Are you going to cut my legs and hands, too?”
“No... No… I won't do that to you, my baby. Don't be scared of me. I wanted this too. They did what they did because they wanted me to be safe. This was the only way out.
“This was the only way that kept me alive. It was not an easy decision and I thank them for that. I do not know where they got the courage, but looking back. I am so proud of them.
“We all believed me staying like this was the solution. That would make me survive but also be likable in our community. Because by then all our neighbors feared us.
“But our neighbors don't fear us, mama! They take care of us. And they love us!”
“Yes, they do, my lovely girl. The world I lived in back then doesn't exist here. So, we are safe now. Things are better, the world here is better. You won't be running away, Iyya.
“You won't be living in fear. There is no war here. This is Zanzibar. The island of peace, as everyone calls it. This is a future my father and forefather looked up to.
“A world with no more suffering and fear. A world that was given to me by my first-ever friend who wanted to see a better day. I will not be cutting your legs or arms off.
“But keep in mind and remember times change, and if ever the time comes. It will be your choice to keep or cut your arms and legs yourself.”
At the thought of cutting her own legs and arms and the fear creeping into her, she shouted, “No…” and she opened her eyes.
Gaining consciousness. Iyya blinks as she opens her eyes more to a large body on top of her in an unfamiliar environment, away from the memory she was in.
She couldn't see its face, but it was an enormous animal covered in black fur, and the smell of blood brought her back to her environment. She is a bird now, and she is in Serengeti Park.
And a large wolf wanted to kill her. There is too much blood everywhere. ‘Is it my blood? Am I dying?’ Iyya questions herself.
No one in the middle of the forest bushes was going to help a Peacock, everyone was going to leave her for the dead or make her a meal for breakfast.
It almost felt peaceful to think of dying, but she didn't want to die, accompanied by more pain than she was already in.
She wished there was just a simple way to just die peacefully and be able to meet her mom and dad; she missed them so much.
At that moment, her whole life flashed in her eyes. The happy and sad times, the fear and failure.
And the only good memory that makes the list in the past five years is the relief she felt as a memory of the handsome man from yesterday.
While lost in her thoughts, a roar vibrating just above her head, from the gigantic animal above her brings her back to her senses, before her senses register more…….
‘Not again, please lord, not again,’ Iyya prays desperately. Her mind knows what that means.
She is back to square zero, in the hands of another extremely big wolf. Her mind knows what that means. Her flesh was going to be torn to pieces any minute now.
After fainting again. Iyya woke up for the second time again. This time she woke up to the sounds of Park Rangers communicating. Not to her expectations and weirdly enough. The animal had not killed her. She was still being held in the same position by the gigantic wolf on its chest. How?! And why?! Animals do not serve their meals. What was the wolf waiting for? Out of instinct, she crouched into a defensive position. Putting up the last fight left in her. Pushing her nails and feathers into the wolf's fur to pinch its skin. She was trying to free herself in the only way she saw how. But it was all useless. The animal didn't budge. It's like it didn't feel pain. She believed her time was up and the wolf would sink its claws and tear her apart any moment now; there was nothing more she could do, so she went limp waiting. But weirdly, the wolf looked at Iyya with a quick eye that warned her of what was happening. Like a human would. She turned her head to scan the area. She wa
At the view of what was happening, Iyya questioned herself about why she was stupid enough to make this choice of siding with a wild animal. Forgetting she was all ready to die a few minutes earlier. Deep in her mind, somewhere and somehow, after she woke up and was still alive, held protectively in the wolf's hands, she had started to trust this wild wolf. Which was weird even for her. She was always scared of wild animals. To be in this scenario made no sense. But nothing made sense in her life, anyway. It was the only rope she could hold on to right now. She still adamantly hesitated in her mind. It was impossible to trust anyone again. She had promised herself not to entertain these kinds of feelings after her stepmom. Being lost in her mind, she almost lost a bit of her balance on the wolf. And reality hit her again. After a bullet almost hit her in the neck. Iyya as usual, involuntarily started to recite her survival words. It was like a ritual to call for help in her head t
The on-repeat dream of the last conversation she had with her late mother made it hard for Iyya to keep asleep. Iyya was up already. And the day had finally ended, and it was now nighttime, and she did not want to close her eyes anymore. The last conversation she had with her late mother was going to come back again in her sleep. It scared her so much. She thought it was way better to stay awake than to sleep again. She was up looking at the sky. Mesmerized by the midnight sky, with the wolf sound asleep beside her. Suddenly, she heard movements. Looking to the side. She then saw torch lights moving closer and coming in their way. The Park Rangers had found them. With fear clouding her, she pinched the wolf through its fur using her claws. To wake the wolf up. Just what she expected from this wolf. That she now knew to be as much a human as she was. When the wolf shot, its eyes opened. Looking straight at the torchlight, moving closer. The wolf hurriedly picked her up. Put her b
Iyya pushed away the memory of the last conversation she had with her mother. It was not doing her any good at the moment. And she put all her concentration on a one-in-a-million opportunity that had presented itself to her. On second thought, maybe she shouldn't have done that. The human in front of Iyya was fully naked and blessed. When Iyya realized she was checking him out, she shifted her eyes away as quickly as possible. Embarrassed that she was brushing inside, his body looked so perfect, like he worked out every day, with ripped muscles, and a bit of hair all over his body. His face was covered with a good-looking beard around his pointed jawline. Then there were those red-ripped lips that hunted Iyya's mind. Even after Iyya had shifted her gaze away. If she wasn't Iyya, a woman in peacock form, she would be on the run for her life because this wasn't normal. Iyya raised her eyes again to meet his eyes. She needed to know if he still wanted to save her as he had done or i
Three days after..... Iyya sat on the beautiful, well-furnished table, with a clear view of the cabin beach and the beautiful garden in front, with her beautiful man sitting beside her. She had dissolved all her worries about this man. He had no superpowers. She had slept awake the first and second nights to see if there was anything different about him. Or if he had any plans of harming her, like her overthinking mind kept pumping her to believe, but he was just another human privileged to be born rich. A few minutes after his transformation into a human in the Serengeti, the sirens and convoys of cars and private jets that came to his rescue were beyond any less fortunate man's doing. He had access to so much money. This was not hassle money. This was old money. A lot of money. Iyya had been in constant private jets and presidential-like convoys since they left Serengeti with her human, who she now knows is addressed as ‘ Xendy.' This human was a billionaire, and he held too m
A knock at the door. And Xendy opened the door. “Alpha.” Alpha Billnas saluted Xendy shaking his hands and Xendy allowing him entry into the room. “I have prepared a private jet for you as per your instructions. At what time would you want to depart for America?” “I am just finishing up… we leave in thirty minutes…. I am so sorry about what happened to your cabin. I didn't mean to break the wall.” Xendy spoke curtly as he walked deeper into his room. Xendy's mind was still disturbed by Joshua's call from the morning. Joshua is his second in command. His beta and the only person in his pack, he would trust him with his life. They have been best friends forever, and he has been there with him in all his struggles. He had a way of putting himself in Joshua's shoes whenever Joshua was worried. Before he left the Pack for Zanzibar. The Pack was out of control. It must have gotten worse. With a sad face, he concluded. Aunt Naina was the remaining council member who supported him. She
It did not take long for Alpha Billnas to put the security details in place. After they put together the security details. Xendy and Billnas walked out of the room together. A few steps from the hotel, Xendy's gut feeling felt off. Same scenario and feelings, like the time he found his mother dying after Trajan had stubbed her to death. His gut told him something was wrong. He stopped and walked back to the room and saw his bird sitting still. He walked outside and saw the two security guards standing at the door, paused for a moment, and told himself off. “Is everything okay?” He heard Billnas's voice from behind his back. “Yes. Let's hurry. I need to be back as soon as possible. I don't think I can stay away from my mate for too long.” Alpha Billnas nodded, and they walked out. He felt even worse with each step he took on his way to Alpha Billnas Pack's house. And he hated himself for allowing this. Maybe he should have brought her along. Back in his room. Iyya waited uncomfort
Xendy on his way to Alpha Billnas Pack kept telling himself that nothing would happen. It was just ten minutes max, and he would be back and would sit beside his mate within no time. Every mile he crossed away from his mate, he could feel a loss. Both in his power and his alpha aura. And his wolf was out seeking their mate. What was happening in his body scared him. It reminded him of the time before he met his mate. It reminded him of how weak he could not be of help to himself and his pack members, who needed him to stand for them. Turning around to look at Alpha Billnas's excited face broke his heart. He was just like his pack members, and he needed to show up for him. Canceling was no longer an option. He pushed Yendy in the back of his head. And tried his level best to survive the feeling. When he arrived, it was more of a royal meeting than a five-minute meet and greet, with thousands of pack members in attendance excited to meet him for the first time. Their smiles were so